Health Headlines for Monday, May 1
Pushing for Vote on Health Care Bill, Trump Seems Unclear on Its Details
New York Times
After two false starts on President Trump’s promise to repeal the Affordable Care Act, Trump administration officials are pressing the House to vote on a revised version of the Republican repeal bill this week, perhaps as soon as Wednesday, administration officials said.
New York seeing a big spike in organ donor enrollment
Localsyr.com
New York is seeing a big spike in organ donors, thanks to a new option online that makes it easier to sign up from home.
City hospitals are making people extremely sick
New York Post
New York hospitals are making people sick at an alarming rate.
Should the U.S. Import Drugs to Drive Down Costs?
New York Times
Tim Wu is right about the problem, but his solution is not a good one.
Home blood pressure monitors may not be accurate enough
Reuters
Even as doctors are increasingly relying on home blood pressure monitoring to manage patients with hypertension, many of the devices are too inaccurate to be useful, according to a small study.
Is active surveillance safe for men with family history of prostate cancer?
Reuters
Having a family history of prostate cancer doesn’t make it more risky for men with a new diagnosis of the disease to initially hold off on active treatment in favor of monitoring with periodic lab tests, a research review suggests.
U.S. FDA approves Novartis’ leukemia treatment
Reuters
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Novartis AG’s Rydapt as an initial treatment for acute myeloid leukemia (AML) as well as certain other blood disorders, the agency said on Friday.